Brazil: Running Things His Way

"Democratic renovation" is what revolutionary
President Humberto Castello Branco calls his program for Brazil. To get
the job done, in a country plagued by inflation, corruption and
ineptitude after years of freewheeling politics, Castello Branco has
assumed near-dictatorial powers while maintaining his devotion to
constitutional democracy. Inevitably, his efforts have pleased no one
neither the moderates and leftists, who complain about his muffling
of politics, nor the military's linha dura (hard line), which scoffs at
his loyalty to democracy. In a series of swift . strokes over the past
fortnight, Castello Branco struck backnot hard enough to do...